Male retaining device

ABSTRACT

A device adapted to be worn on a human male genital organ for preventing the forward displacement of a prepuce over a penile head of a human male.

United States Patent McNally July 8, 1975 [5 MALE RETAINING DEVICE2,705,951 4/1955 Crowner 123/79 ux [76] Inventor: Aubrey D. McNally,1136 N,

Grimes McPherson Kans' 67460 FORElGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 910,2064/1954 Germany 128/79 [22] Filed: July 16, 1971 pp 163,384 PrimaryExaminer-Lawrence W. Trapp [52] US. Cl. 128/79 51 Im. CI. A61! 5/00 1571ABSTRACT [58] Fleld of Search 128/79, 327, 132 R A device adapted to beworn on a human male Emma [56] Reerences Cited organ for preventing theforward displacement of a prepuce over a penile head of a human male.

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MALE RETAINING DEVICE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relatesto devices for use in connection with human male genitalia.

Since the first circumcision of man, there has been a need for means tofacilitate the holding of a prepuce free of a penile head and to therear of a sulcus formed by the circumcision while the penis is healingfollowing circumcision, and/or during other healings, ailments andtreatments, as well as during copulation as the user may desired. Theprepuce of a male penis or clitoris is the fold of skin or foreskinwhich covers the head of the penis. When the male penis prepuce isskinned back, the sulcus or groove formed by the circumcision isrevealed along with the penile head. It is a desideratuum that theprepuce must be held out of contact with the sulcus followingcircumcision least the prepuce be grafted to and thereby permanentlyattach itself to the area of circumcision and perhaps partially orentirely negate the same. The holding of the foreskin in a retractedposition also facilitates the treatment and/or dressing of the prepuce,sulcus, and/or penile head. The difficulty with the prior art deviceshas resided in the failure of the devices to continuously hold theprepuce in the retracted position under normal circumstances and usuagelargely due to the relative instability of the male genitalia insofar asthe size and/or dimensions thereof are concerned.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of this invention, therefore, is theprovision of a novel device for use in connection with human malegenital or body organ of generation.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a novel device asset forth in the preceding object for facilitating the retention ofaprepuce free ofa penis head of a human male.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a novel devicethat effectively retains a prepuce or foreskin of a male genital organor penis in a desired retracted position.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a noveldevice comprising an annulus adapted to encircle and engage a prepuce ofa human male penis, and a retention loop or breeching attached to theannulus adapted to encircle and engage a scrotum or testicle sack of themale for preventing the forward displacement of the prepuce over thepenile head.

The invention further resides in certain novel features of construction,combinations, and/or arrangements of parts and further objects andadvantages of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the artto which it pertains from the following description of the presentpreferred embodiment thereof described with reference to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, whereinthe same reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevation view of a device embodying the invention;

FIG. 2 is an end view of the device in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a top plan viewof the device in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a pictorial view of the device shown in FIGS.

1, 2, and 3; and

FIG. 5 is a side elevation view of the device of FIGS. 1 through 4disposed in operative position about the scrotum and penis prepuceportion of a human male, as shown in outline form.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the detailsof construction and the arrangements of parts shown in the drawings andhereafter described in detail, but is capable of being otherwiseembodied and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. It isto be further understood that the terminology employed herein is for thepurpose of description and there is no intention to herein limit theinvention beyond the requirements of the prior art.

Referring to FIGS. 1 through 5, a reference numeral 10 indicatesgenerally a device embodying the invention for use in connection withhuman male genitalia or body organs of reproduction. The device I0comprises a flexible circular band or annulus 11 having a flexibleretention loop or breeching [2 preferably integrally connected thereto.Ends 13 and 14 of the breeching I2 are attached to the annulus 11 alonga chord parallel to a diameter of the annulus 11. Preferably, the device10 is of unitary construction and is made of rubber, an elastomer, orother suitably flexible material that preferably can be sanitized andreused, if desired.

Although FIGS. 1, 2, and 3 show the details of the device 10, FIGS. 4and 5 present more realistic views of the invention. FIG. 4 shows thedevice 10 in its flexible collapsed posture when not in use. However,FIG. 5 shows the device 10 in operative position on the external humanmale genitals indicated generally by the reference numeral 20. Theannulus ll encircles and is in engagement with a prepuce 21 of a humanmale penis 22 and holds the prepuce in a skinned back retracted positionon a shank 23 and exposes a penile head 24 and sulcus or groove 25behind a penile head 24. A scrotum or testicle sack 26, morespecifically referred to as a sac when describing a membranous bag orpouch in an animal, is disposed beneath and rearwardly of the penisshank 23 of the human male. The breeching 12 of the device 10 encirclesand is in engagement with the scrotum 26. The breeching 12 preferablyengages the upper end portion 27 along the rear peripheral portion ofthe scrotum 26 contiguous with a torso portion 28 of the human male forpreventing the forward displacement of the prepuce 2I over the penilehead 24.

Preferably, the breeching 12 is of the same thickness and of the samematerial as the annulus 11. However, it is also preferred that thebreeching 12 be of less width than the annulus II to provide a greaterresiliency in order to accommodate all sizes of male genitalia, and thussubstantially reduce a fitting problem. The annulus I2 is preferably ofgreat enough width to provide the needed strength and bearing surfacearea on the prepuce 21 and the shank 23 to be comfortably worn by theuser, and yet be completely reliable as a retraction device. If thebreeching 12 is too resilient, the prepuce 21 may be allowed to move orslip forwardly contrary to the purpose of the device 10. Accordingly,the breeching 12 should be strong enough to maintain the prepuce in thedesired retracted position on the shank 23 of the penis 22.

As pointed out hereinabove, the prepuce 21 must be held out of contactwith the sulcus 25 following circumcision lest the prepuce 21 be graftedto and thereby permanently attach itself to the area of circumcision andperhaps partially or totally negate the same. The holding of the prepuce21 is the retracted position also facilitates the treatment and/ordressing of the penis 22, and more particularly the prepuce 2!, sulcus25, and/or the penile head 24. Moreover, the use of the device by ahuman male on the penis 22 and scrotum 26 dueing copulation if fullycontemplated as being within the scope of this invention as a user maydesire.

it will be understood that this invention can be modified to adapt it tovarious circumstances and conditions, and it is accordingly desired tocomprehend within the purview of this invention such modifications asmay be considered to fall within the scope of the apthereof.

1. A device of the character described comprising, annulus means adaptedto encircle and engage a penis of a human male, saiD annulus means beingcircular, and breeching means connected to said annulus means forencircling and engaging a scrotum of the human male for retaining saidannulus means on the penis of the human male, and said breeching meanshaving end means thereof connected to said annulus means along a chordof said annulus means parallel to a diameter thereof.